Which returned more over the last year, BOND or XLC?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and XLC −10.4%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or XLC?

XLC is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BOND vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to XLC's −10.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $8.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund, and $22.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

−10.4%

XLC total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.08%

XLC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLC costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.0 points.

BOND vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	XLC
Return
Measure	BOND	XLC
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	XLC
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026	13.3%, high on Jan 30, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	XLC
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Communication Services Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	XLC
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.08%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and XLC as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.3bn	$22.1bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	XLC
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		75.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and XLC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND XLC

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Only in BOND

UMBS, TBA 5.56%

PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%

UMBS, TBA 3.46%

United States Treasury 3.40%

UMBS, TBA 2.73%

United States Treasury 2.57%

UMBS, TBA 2.54%

UMBS, TBA 2.27%

Only in XLC

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 21.45%

ALPHABET INC CL A 12.27%

ALPHABET INC CL C 9.82%

WALT DISNEY CO 5.33%

TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWRE 4.80%

COMCAST CORP CLASS A 4.48%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 4.45%

APPLOVIN CORP CLASS A 4.34%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund XLC State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer PIMCO State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Communication services

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −10.4%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG not measured

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.08%

Holdings 1565 23

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and XLC as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.3bn $22.1bn

BOND and XLC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

BOND

BOND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. It sat 3.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

XLC

XLC tracks an index of Communication services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 23 positions, with the top ten at 75.3%. It sat 13.3% below its high of Jan 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or XLC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and XLC −10.4%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or XLC?: XLC is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

XLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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